Chronology

• In addition to 685 building materials which weigh 87 kg, as well as 187 glass artifacts which weigh 5kg and 71 metal artifacts of 7kg.
• The wood's origin has been identified to be Ceylon Island in the Indian Ocean which highlights the far-reaching trade connections of Historic Jeddah.
• Moreover, several tombstones of Mangabi stone, marble, and granite were also found in different locations in Historic Jeddah.
• Jeddah Historic District Program in cooperation with the Heritage Commission supervised the documentation, registration, and preservation of archaeological artifacts discovered in Historic Jeddah, and listed the finds in the National Archaeological Register.

• Statement sleeves have been spotted on innumerable fashion runways in recent years, with no sign of waning.
• The opulence and excess of 1980s fashion was often expressed through outsized sleeves in luxurious fabrics, whereas current statement sleeves are both playful and fashion forward.
• Statement Sleeves celebrates the seemingly endless creative variations on this fundamental element of fashion.
• Striking sleeves continue to appeal for their democratic quality—they are not confined to a particular gender, economic status, or body type.

• This year, computer scientists, artists, developers, and industry experts around the world will convene 6–10 August in Los Angeles for SIGGRAPH 2023.
• As a preview of the popular Technical Papers program, here is a spotlight of three unique approaches that showcase innovation in advancing the character animation field even further.
• Each year, the SIGGRAPH Technical Papers program spans research areas from animation, simulation, and imaging to geometry, modeling, human-computer interaction, fabrication, robotics, and more.
• Get a glimpse of this year's content by watching the SIGGRAPH 2023 Technical Papers trailer , and view the full program for even more detail.

• Former leader and former first minister Nicola Sturgeon had already described the events of the past few months as beyond her “worst nightmares” – and that was before she was arrested.
• Although Sturgeon was subsequently released without charge pending further investigations, opinion can hardly be divided on the state of that reputation now.

Chaos without a cost?

• The answer, judging by the graph below, is: almost unaffected.
• So the pair of columns on the far right in each cluster shows what has happened since that resignation.
• The SNP is down just two percentage points in both Westminster and Holyrood vote intention polls.

Stubborn support for independence

• Support for independence is basically unchanged since Sturgeon’s resignation.
• There was an upturn in support for independence in the autumn of 2022, which might be termed “the Liz Truss dividend” and the downturn that followed was in large part the unwinding of that effect (possibly aggravated by the unpopularity of the SNP’s gender recognition legislation).
• This tendency for independence support to be about what happens in London rather than Edinburgh is visible from other angles, too.

How Yes keeps the SNP afloat

• At every election since 2014, the overwhelming majority of those with a Yes vote intention cast at least one ballot for the SNP.
• This is why the overall level of SNP support is lowest in the middle cluster in the graph above.
• Even with a viable alternative Yes party, though, and even after the SNP’s annus horribilis so far, still at least two in three independence supporters would cast an SNP list vote.
• If Yes will keep the SNP afloat, will it also keep Labour at bay – maybe even denying Labour leader Keir Starmer a majority – in the upcoming general election?